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modernizing the heathkit hero 2000, hero 1, and hero jr with modern day parts

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mr-robot5 over 6 years ago

I am sure people have thought about this as I have, taking the old hero robots from the 80's and rebuilding them with modern day parts that one can get from radioshack or something.

 

I was born in the 90's and discovered the hero robots from youtube a couple years ago and had been wanting to make my own version at home using modern day parts if anyone has an idea on how to accomplish this it would be amazing to see.

I have been wanting to make my own robot ever since I was a child and with computers becoming so small now and the parts easy to find it would be an awesome project for me and my father to do together.

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  • bippy
    bippy over 6 years ago +7
    Hello Tech Friends, This is my very first post on element14. I was part of a four person team who built a 1983 Heathkit HERO-1 Educational Robot you've heard so much about. My wife soldered together the…
  • bippy
    bippy over 6 years ago in reply to dougw +6
    I forgot to include a few snaps of my Heathkit Hero-1 Educational Robot in our living room (Just waiting to be programmed in HEX by the keypad. And perhaps soon updated to some new modern tech!). We built…
  • bippy
    bippy over 6 years ago in reply to 14rhb +3
    Hi Rod... Thank you kindly! The Heathkit Hero-1 Educational Robot was truly ahead of it's 1983 time, well engineered, clear kit building instructions and good background information on microprocessors…
  • ovonel
    ovonel over 6 years ago +3
    So far, I have spent a lot of time De-Yellowing my Hero 2000 (ET-19). See left side example below. The front lower section still has to be De-Yellowed, but I left it till last since it was yellowed almost…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 6 years ago +2
    Hi, There are many robot projects on this site, although they're not exact replacements or modifications to the Hero series. However, there have been some discussions about those robots, in case that helps…
  • mayermakes
    mayermakes over 6 years ago +2
    I actually like the Idea, I was not aware of these robots until now. Can it be that you also commented this idea on one of our videos on youtube? Am I right?
  • dougw
    dougw over 6 years ago in reply to bippy +2
    That is a great story. I sure we all would like to see picture or video of it in action. If you still have any documentation from the build, that would help a lot with suggestions.
  • just4mrg
    just4mrg over 6 years ago in reply to bippy +2
    Beautiful David. Just recently bought a very good condition HERO 1 and am having a blast learning. Oh the usual repairs (Broken wire, cracked 12 pin connector, new batteries, etc.). But when I fired him…
  • just4mrg
    just4mrg over 6 years ago in reply to ovonel +2
    Wow - a HERO 2000. Only about 50 of those were produced. Maybe one day.....for now I'm just starting to learn my (new to me HERO 1) and having an absolute blast!
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 6 years ago in reply to dougw +2
    Stumbled across this 1984 archive video footage of a HERO 1 robot recently on the BBC Computer Literacy Project. It includes an introduction to the HERO 1 robot by Jim Bartley of the Heath company, at…
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    mayermakes over 6 years ago

    I actually like the Idea, I was not aware of these robots until now.

    Can it be that you also commented this idea on one of our videos on youtube? Am I right?

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    mr-robot5 over 6 years ago in reply to mayermakes

    yep, that was me.

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    yep, that was me.

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